Anna Friel stars in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Anna Friel, who rose to fame on Channel 4's Brookside, is best known for her film and TV work including Pushing Daisies. She made her London stage debut in the Almeida's Lulu in 2001 and also starred in Closer on Broadway Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Friel plays Holly Golightly, a carefree girl about town in 1940s New York Photograph: Tristram Kenton

John Ramm stars as Doc Golightly, Holly's estranged husband Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Suzanne Bertish is one of Golightly's eccentric neighbours, Madame Spanella Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Joseph Cross is William Parsons, a young scribe who falls for Holly Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Golightly is perhaps author Truman Capote's most famous creation. His short novel was published in 1958 Photograph: Library of Congress/Getty Images

Capote's first choice to play Holly Golightly was Marilyn Monroe Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

But the role was immortalised instead on film by Audrey Hepburn in a 1961 adaptation directed by Blake Edwards Photograph: Cinetext/Allstar

So how does Friel measure up to Hepburn? Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Michael Billington writes that Friel has 'elfin grace and blithe charm [and] is a pleasure to watch' – but is not persuaded by the production as a whole in his two-star review Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Breakfast at Tiffany's is at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 9 January 2010 Photograph: Tristram Kenton